Ishiki's eyes widened as his body involuntarily took a few steps back and fell as his feet hit the slightly raised platform. He went down hard.
The Princess was shouting something. Filch too. Their voices blurred into meaningless noises in the background. All Ishiki could focus on was that thing wearing Sam's face.
His pupils shrank, he was feeling... weird, as if something was peering into the depths of his soul.
The frozen body suddenly moved, it felt... no, the bastard was actually breaking the ice apart with his raw strength and a wide malicious grin.
Those hollow eyes never left Ishiki.
In the face of primal fear and panic, Ishiki thrashed his hands around in a frenzy, trying to ward off something that wasn't even touching him yet. He forgot to summon the [Curved Bone], he Couldn't remember anything except the overwhelming need to get away.
But the beast like human seemed to grow in size with each passing second, and as he did, the ice that encased his lower body cracked.
